Background
Batson, Joanne East was born on June 30, 1948 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Herbert Fletcher and Ann (Cain) E.
Batson, Joanne East was born on June 30, 1948 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Herbert Fletcher and Ann (Cain) E.
Graduate, Furman University, 1973.
Past president, owner Photographics/4, The Greenville (South Carolina) Woman magazine. Former director medical weight management program Greenville Hospital System. Executive director Greenville Young Women’s Christian Association.
Marketing advisory Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1985, Roper Mountain Science Center, 1985. Moderator South Carolina White House Conference on Small Business.
Board directors Greenville Sister Cities, 1985, Freedom Weekend Aloft Charities, Inc., 1987-1990, Goodwill Inds., Inc., 1987-1989, Better Business Bureau, 1987-1993, chairman, 1992. Member board advisory The Woman's Pavilion, Greenville Hospital System, 1987-1993. Representative Coalition for Women on Boards and Communications.
Member Greenville Professional Women's Forum (president 1991).
Married Philip S. Rovner, April 24, 1992.